Liturgy and Music in Leipzig's Main Churches - Bach Cantatas

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The Orders of Church Services Only the Main and Vesper Services are treated in greater detail, 29 because the other services (the noon service and the early services and prayer hours held every day of the week except Sunday and feast days) have less importance attached to them. It is necessary to distinguish three different types of the main church service (which is generally divided into the early church service and the official main part of the morning service): 1. the feast days; 2. the special days without a feast; and 3. the services during the time of fasting. As already indicated above, the main church service represents the development of the Roman Mass including changes to it created by the criticisms leveled at it from the Reformation as well as another tendency of the Reformation to extend its pedagogical purpose by means of the Catechism. It would appear as though this main church service was the result of combining the Catholic Ordinary Mass as modified by the Reformation with the Catechism. The following overview/outline allows us to see the stronger dominance of the mass (printed with versals) within which the Catechism (which is underlined) sneaks in with the typical view propounded by the Reformation in emphasizing the Law and the Gospels in this first section. In contrast the second and third parts of the church service demonstrate the dominance of the Catechism while the Mass elements at the same time ‘seem to creep away’: Outline Lists with the services for feast days, ‘feastless’ days and during the time of fasting Feast Times Feastless Times Fasting Times Choir Hymn Organ Prelude Organ Prelude Organ Prelude Choir Motet Choir Motet Benedictus or Canticum Zachariae or Vivo ego Choir Kyrie, Christe, Kyrie Kyrie, Christe, Kyrie Kyrie, Christe, Kyrie mainly as figural music Choir or as German Kyriesong Choir or as German Kyriesong Gloria Gloria Gloria Intonation by Choir Intonation by Choir Intonation Continuation as Figural Music Continuation German Gloriasong Continuation by Choir Greeting and Collect Prayer Greeting and Collect Prayer Greeting and Collect Prayer Epistle Epistle Epistle De-tempore Song Congregation De-tempore Song Congregation De-tempore Song Congregation 29 Cf. my research articles: „Bachs Passionen als Musik im Gottesdienst,” in Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes-Passion BWV 245, Schriftenreihe der Internationalen Bachakademie Stuttgart, ed. Ulrich Prinz, vol. 5 (Kassel, 1993), pp. 44-61; „Bibel, Gesangbuch und Gottesdienst,“ Die Welt der Bach Kantaten, ed. Christoph Wolff, vol 1: Johann Sebastian Bachs Kirchenkantaten: Von Arnstadt bis in die Köthener Zeit (Stuttgart, 1995), pp. 135-155. 16
Litany Gospel Gospel Gospel Credo Intonation by Choir Credo Intonation by Choir Cantata: Part 1 Cantata: Part 1 Patrem Omnipotentem sung by choir Wir glauben all an einen Gott Wir glauben all an einen Gott Wir glauben all an einen Gott sung by Congregation sung by Congregation sung by Congregation Announcement of Sermon Announcement of Sermon Announcement of Sermon Chorale sung by Congregation Chorale sung by Congregation Chorale sung by Congregation Gospel Text for Sermon Gospel Text for Sermon Gospel Text for Sermon The Lord's Prayer The Lord's Prayer The Lord's Prayer Sermon Sermon Sermon Confession and Absolution Confession and Absolution Confession and Absolution Banns Banns Prayers for Church and State Prayers for Church and State Prayers for Church and State Intercessions Intercessions Intercessions Prayers of Thanksgiving Prayers of Thanksgiving Prayers of Thanksgiving The Lord's Prayer (silent) The Lord's Prayer (silent) The Lord's Prayer (silent) Benediction from Pulpit Benediction from Pulpit Benediction from Pulpit Hymn after Sermon (sung by Congregation) The Preface in Latin Sanctus as Figural Music w/o Osanna,Benedictus,Agnus Dei Hymn after Sermon (sung by Congregation) The Lord's Prayer Paraphrase Admonition before Communion Hymn after Sermon (sung by Congregation) The Lord's Prayer Paraphrase Admonition before Communion Verba Institutionis (Communion) Verba Institutionis (Communion) Verba Institutionis (Communion) During Communion: During Communion: During Communion: Cantata: Part 2 Cantata: Part 2 Communion Hymns (Congregation) Communion Hymns (Congregation) Communion Hymns (Congregation) Versicle Versicle Versicle Final Collect Final Collect Final Collect Benediction/Blessing Benediction/Blessing Benediction/Blessing Congregational Hymn Based on Psalm 67 Congregational Hymn Based on Psalm 67 Congregational Hymn Based on Psalm 67 Hymn sung by Choir There is one place in the sequence of events during the church service which stands out rather clearly, specifically in the section devoted to the Credo. Here the two main elements mentioned above clash: the Ordinarium missae and the Catechism. Whereas the Nicene Creed appears in its complete form only during the fasting times, during the ‘feastless’ period it is only hinted at by the intonation of the Credo, 17
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